{{short description|German footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Dominik Franke | image = Next Generation Trophy 2013 03.JPG | caption = Franke playing for RB Leipzig in 2013 | full_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1998|10|5}} | birth_place = Riesa, Germany | height = 1.84 m | position = Left-back | currentclub = FC Thun | clubnumber = 5 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2011 | youthclubs1 = SC Riesa | youthyears2 = 2011–2017 | youthclubs2 = RB Leipzig | years1 = 2016–2017 | clubs1 = RB Leipzig II | caps1 = 30 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2016–2017 | clubs2 = RB Leipzig | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2017–2020 | clubs3 = VfL Wolfsburg II | caps3 = 58 | goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2018–2020 | clubs4 = VfL Wolfsburg | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2019–2020 | clubs5 = → Wehen Wiesbaden (loan) | caps5 = 10 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2020–2023 | clubs6 = FC Ingolstadt 04 | caps6 = 75 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2023– | clubs7 = FC Thun | caps7 = 51 | goals7 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2015–2016 | nationalteam1 = Germany U18 | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2016–2017 | nationalteam2 = Germany U19 | nationalcaps2 = 10 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2017 | nationalteam3 = Germany U20 | nationalcaps3 = 3 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | club-update = 26 May 2026 | nationalteam-update = }} '''Dominik Franke''' (born 5 October 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Swiss Challenge League club FC Thun.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe339108/dominik-franke/ |title=Dominik Franke |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |access-date=2 July 2023}}</ref>
==Career== Franke made his professional debut for Wehen Wiesbaden in the 2. Bundesliga on 4 August 2019, coming on as a substitute in the 33rd minute for Michel Niemeyer in the 3–2 away loss against Erzgebirge Aue.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/match-report/ma8935938/lineup/ |title=Erzgebirge Aue – SV Wehen Wiesbaden 3:2 (2. Bundesliga 2019/2020, 2. Round) |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |date=4 August 2019 |access-date=4 August 2019}}</ref>
In October 2023, Franke joined Swiss Challenge League club FC Thun on a contract until the end of the season.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.fcthun.ch/de/news/dominik-franke-neu-beim-fc-thun|trans-title=Dominik Franke new at FC Thun|title=Dominik Franke neu beim FC Thun|language=German|website=www.fcthun.ch/de|date=19 October 2023|accessdate=24 October 2023}}</ref> He helped Thun win the 2024–25 Swiss Challenge League, and the following season their first ever first division title, the 2025–26 Swiss Super League.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sarganserlaender.ch/artikel/der-thuner-meistertitel-ist-unglaublich-und-unbeschreiblich|title=Der Thuner Meistertitel ist "unglaublich und unbeschreiblich"|website=www.sarganserlaender.ch}}</ref>
==Honours== ;Thun *Swiss Super League: 2025–26<ref name="auto"/> *Swiss Challenge League: 2024–25<ref name="auto"/>
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==External links== * {{FIFA player|389891}} * {{UEFA player|250104722}} * {{DFB|dominik-franke}} * {{Kicker|dominik-franke}}
{{FC Thun squad}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Franke, Dominik}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Riesa Category:Footballers from Saxony Category:German men's footballers Category:Germany men's youth international footballers Category:Men's association football full-backs Category:2. Bundesliga players Category:3. Liga players Category:Regionalliga players Category:Swiss Super League players Category:Challenge League (Switzerland) players Category:RB Leipzig II players Category:RB Leipzig players Category:VfL Wolfsburg II players Category:VfL Wolfsburg players Category:SV Wehen Wiesbaden players Category:FC Ingolstadt 04 players Category:FC Thun players Category:German expatriate men's footballers Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Category:21st-century German sportsmen
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